As boasts go, producing 'the most powerful production Golf Cabriolet' ever is right up there with making the 'world's spiciest chicken korma' - possibly a little pointless.
Chop the roof off a GTI and you get...
Still, it's what VW has done, turning the Golf Cabriolet into the golf Cabriolet GTI. This means the classic red-line honeycomb grille, a chunky air dam and vertical fog lights find their way onto the Golf Cab, as do the GTI hatch's 'Monza' alloys (17-inch as standard and 18-inch optional).
Under the bonnet you'll also find the same 210hp, 206lb ft 2.0-litre turbocharged EA888 engine found in the Cabriolet GTI's hatchback brother, enough to push the car to 62mph from rest in 7.3 seconds (0.4 seconds slower than the hatch).
That sprint figure is identical whether you choose the six-speed manual or six-speed DSG gearbox, while top speed is 147mph in the manual and 146mph in the DSG version.
This being a cabriolet, there is of course another stat for the pub-banter fiends to consider - that electrically operated fabric roof can be folded away in 9.5 seconds, while travelling at speeds of up to 18mph.
All of which is very lovely, but is it us or is this the most inappropriate use of the fabled GTI badge since VW plonked it onto the back of the wheezing 115hp 2.0-litre eight-valve Mk4?